Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-14
DAILY HERALD.
THE FLORAL FETE.
The Second Day OF the
Great Annual Exhibit.
THE PROCESSION LAST NIGHT.
What is Doing in the Several
Booths, and the Re-
suits.


The lack of space in the HERALD yester
dsv cut the re porter Off in medias res ant
left half the booths unnoticed, with full
five column article OF closely condensed
facts to tell half the tale. Among the i'm
portant matters crowded out was a state
ment of the results financially. For tickets
the income for the first night was $969.60. A
the candy booth $50 were taken in, and a
the lemonade booth SIS. Below will be
found further details of these fascinating
Before going further it might be just as
well to say that the ladies are in great need
of flowers. All who have flowers of any sort
should send them forward by their districts
one, and the weather just now is unusually
cold for April. The big wind last Sunday
destroyed much of the beauty in Flora's
realms hereabouts aud besides all this there
are but few of the neighboring towns taking
part this year. Los Angeles is left, with San
Gabriel and the Alhambra, Orange and
Santa Monica, to furnish forth the whole
display. Pomona has nobly sent In a fne lot
OF buds and blossoms to help. Bear these
things in mind, and send forward all your
choicest treasures to aid the ladies In their
noble work of charity.
THE BOOTHS.
The Violet Booth. just north OF the west
center of the pavilion, is one OF the most
attractive in the fair. Among other beauti-
full things there the most noticeable is a
the flowers of the fine double fish gerani-
ums that abound here, the white of the
modest and favorite marguerites, she
ground in the starry sky is OF heliotrope
sun flowers. Another very pretty piece at
this booth is cross of the lovely blue
grass flowers, wild beauties peculiar. to
California, and which are really species
by crown, made of beautiful marigolds,
each flower the size of new dollar The
piece came from st. PauPs Fpiscor al
church, where 1t was used on Easter day,
and was kindly sent in to the fair on Mon
day.
MRS. CRocKER's GIFT.
Late on Monday afternoon Mrs. E. B.
Crocker visited the fete and presented to
the ladies a splendid shield. i. bears in
Low ely red flowers the legend: The North
South" The flowers all grew in Sacrament
to, where the piece was put together by
hands certainly artistic, and 1T was then
shipped here by express The several parts
of the design are made OF choice and eX-
quisite roses, geraniums, stocks and mari
Colds. The gift was most thoughtful at:
tention on the part of Mrs Crocker and
is greatly appreciated by the ladies.
THE SODA WATER BOOTH.
This attraction is on the west side and
down near the stage, close to the west wall
OF the building. There is represented q
bank of green and white, compos. of the
choicest evergreens, palm leaves and smf-
lax for the nne color. and Targuerites, ger.
aniums, and Sweet Alice for the other.
There 4 also beautiful basket of the last
named flower. Here bevy OF charming
young ladies. sweet and efilorescent as the
wares they serve, are ever willing to quench
the thirst of the visitor with the sparkling
liquid in some one of its seductive forms,
more than the choicest beverage ever dis
titled. The results Of all these attractions
will be found further on.
OUT FLOWER BOOTH
Presided over by Mrs. Straus is next north
of the last described. Here boutOnieres are
on sale as well as bouquets of other sorts.
There are perhaps 100 varieties of roses in
his booth. Mrs. Straus has rare and very
fine daisy known as the Partisan variety.
1t is new here and is worth seeing by those
interested in
Mature in her visible forms"
The lady has wrought painters palette
and brush of stocks, geraniums and other
flowers She exhibits many fine specimens
Of fuchsias, marigolds, amaryllis, gailad1as
and nasturtiums A horn 81 plenty"
ties of exquisite pansies is very well done.
THE BOUQUET BOOTH
Is to the left of the stage as one faces it,
and well up in front. On both sides OF II
are immense circles of flowers at least ten
feet high, and the band of flowers at least
two feet wide. fine basket OF marigolds
and marguerites hangs within, and oil
around are multitudes OF bouquets OF all
sorts on sale for the benefit of the fete. The
spot is great center of attraction to all the
young gallants, more because OF the fair
n. 31ne md RIn nl
with which the pining on of the flowers is
acco ppllshed than for the beautiful flow
ers themselves.
CUT ROSE BOOTH.
To the left center of the Pavilion as one
faces the stage. is the cut rose booth. The
feature of this is huge fan with rays ct
least fifteen feet long from the handle to the
tin. aud the segment of the circle described
by its rim is fully thirty. feet. 1t is made OF
evergreens, pink geraniumns, marguerites
and veroenas. On the stand is fine dis
play of roses and pinks X; There lis Is also 4; 2
gorgeous display OF Wisteria, ana one OF
myrtle in bloom.
MEMORIES OF SNOW.
The manager, Mr.. Colburn, with warm
memories Of his old home In the bleak
north, has three scenes which revive vivid
ly the days of ones boyhood. One is a tob.
bogganing slide, where the snow is made OF
marguerites and the sled of geraniumns
The second is composed of a snowshoe and
cap. the former composed of many flowers,
and the latter of banksia roses and gerani-
ums. The third is complete outfit for the
game of polo. All three are very well doue.
In the center of the building is huge
fountain around which is the rose bank: The
area covered by this is very wide. The bank
Is made Of evergreens with large pillows OF
roses at intervals. The. reporter counted
two of these cushions and found close on to
1000 roses OF many varieties in each. The
entire exhibit is probably made up of some
Ii, 900 to 10000 roses. The blooms are
chsngsd about every Gshef fss day. floral shin
"Southern California" The masts are OF
poles covered with evergreens the rigging
of fine wreaths of the same material the
hull is of geraniuins, and the sea of pansies
she is freighted with a cargo OF citrus fruit
The craft Is very rakish in design and beau.
tiiul in execution. She measures 13 feet
inches over all. The work was done by
Mrs. D. E.Miles, Mrs. J S.Chapman and Mis-!
Mr.. Donald Ames rendered very efficient
aid to the ladies in this and in many othe
matters. He is SO obligingly willing and 81
handy.
THE BULBoUs BOOTH
Near the door is the booth set apart fo
dubious plants. A visit to this will wei
repay any one who loves beautiful flowers
Among the things noticed there are severa
varieties of the following favorite flowers
Amaryllis. iris. double poppy, pink peonies
eSCaIlOnla uOr1Duuud, OrultudSdlum uiuuCl
latum-black-eyed Susan-Ixias, ranunculi
bougaimvillia spendons, cyclamen or shoot
ing star, and many others
THE BIG SHOE.
There is near the front floral slipper
1t is large enough to hold the old woman Q
Mother Goose fame and all her hungr
tribe, but so lovely that the clamorou
urchins would probably have starved wit
great satisfaction If theirs had been s
beautiful a home. The affair is SIX fee
longing enough for the Flying Dutcnma
of the "seven-league boots," or Finn MI
Causeway in the north of Irelan
to Manchester in England, sceol
ing out Lough Rea and casrn
it Into the sea, where 1t made steppin
now as the Isle of Man But it would be tc
handsome for either the Dutchman or th
Irishman. The heel Of the slipper Is {
marigolds, the rest Of geraniums, with